Dolores O'Riordan's long-awaited inquest was due to start today in court, but has now been removed from schedule - 11 weeks after the Cranberries singer's death.

The inquest into the death of the star, who was found lifeless in a London hotel room on Monday January 15 2018, had originally opened five days later, but was adjourned until Tuesday April 3 so the Coroner could await the results of medical tests.

However, an announcement from the coroner's court revealed there will be no hearing today and that an inquest date is yet to be set.

No reason has been given for the change.

It comes after Metropolitan Police confirmed her death was not being treated as suspicious.

In a statement at the time, Coroner's officer Stephen Earl said: "This lady was staying at a hotel in central London when on Monday 15 January she was found unresponsive in her room.

Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries performs at Sports Hall on December 4, 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia (Image: Srdjan Stevanovic/WireImage)

"The London Ambulance Service was contacted and verified her death at the scene.

"Subsequently the Met Police attended and they determined the death to be non-suspicious."

He added: "A post-mortem has now been carried out and the court is awaiting results of various tests that have been commissioned."

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Meanwhile, Dolores' family and friends are still trying to come to terms with their devastating loss.

Her mum Eileen O'Riordan was last week presented with a book of condolences signed by some 16,000 fans, and said the outpouring of support has helped enormously.

But, she said, her "little girl's" death has been "very hard to absorb".

"I read some of the letters, and everyone says how she helped them through the dark moments in their lives," she told The Times.

"I really feel she's happy now. I go to her grave, but I don't find anything there. I feel that her spirit is around all the time. She was that type of person anyway, she would come into the room, even as a child, and she would grab the attention."

Eileen added: "I don't miss the rockstar, I miss my little girl. I always feel that she is around. I talk to her as if she's on the phone. I was the last one to speak to her the night that she died, it was Sunday night.

"It's very hard to absorb it, you know... It's difficult when I think about my little girl and what she did in her life."

Dolores' bereaved Cranberries bandmates are still planning to release their final album with her vocals, which was recorded shortly before her death, writes the Irish Mirror .

It will feature alongside a reissue of their first ever album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, to mark its 25th anniversary.